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CREAIVIERY OR REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 304,348, datedSeptember 2, 1884:.

Application filed February 16, 18E-l. (No model.)

Poultney, in the county of Rut-land and State of Vermont, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Creamery or Refrigerators, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had therein tothe accompanying drawings. in Which- Figure l is a perspective of arefrigerator constructed in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of such a refrigerator, the upper portionof which figf ure being a complete vertical section of the portingframe-Work, and Fig. 4 is a plan of a wall or floor supporting frame.

Like letters refer to like parts in all the figures.

Itis customary, in hotels, restaurants, milkdepots, and establishmentswhere ice-cream is manufactured and sold, for the proprietors topurchase fresh milk, and set the same to raise the cream in therefrigerator, and to dispense therefrom fresh and skimmed milk and creamin desired quantities and at desired times.

In restaurants it is desirable to employ refrigerators which are capableof receiving and storing for preservative purposes goods contained insuch vessels as barrels and tubs, &c., and in all such places ofbusiness it is preferable that the ice-box, or ice-shelf proper, shouldbe of sufficient capacity and strength to receive and support afull-sized commercial cake of ice, usually weighing in the neighborhoodof a hundred pounds. Therefore it will be seen that the purpose in view,in this instance, is to provide a refrigerator which shall occupy aminimum space and shall be capable of receiving a maximum quantity ofgoods to be preserved, and to be capable of preserving both wet and drygoods, the latter terms being used to distinguish fluids from solids inall kinds of goods coming under the general term of provisions.

A represents any ordinary suitable outer casing, provided with a lid, B.The casing A is lined with any suitable material to form awater-chamber, C, the bottom D of which is elevated to form anice-shelf, E, and two connecting vertical walls, E, whereby thewat-erchamber is divided into two compartments at its lower portion, andwith a raised ice-shelf having direct communication with the twoportions of the water-chamber, whereby as the ice melts the water withinthe chamber vbecomes cooled and falls to the bottom thereof, while thewarmer water therein rises to the top and comes in contact with the iceto be cooled, thus producing a current in the water contained in thecompartment or tank. At each side of the ice shelf are depending guardsF, which may be constructed of sheet or cast metal or rods, andwhich,preferably, if of sheet metal, are situated a slight distance fromthe upright walls E and slightly below the ice-shelf E, the object ofthe guards being simply to retain the ice upon the shelf. A faucet, G,is provided for the withdrawal of the water from the water-chamber.

By raising the portion E of the bottom of the water-compartment to formthe ice-shelf and the vertical walls E', not only do I pro- Avide araised ice-shelf in a water-tight compartment, but I provide arefrigerating-chamber for dry goods, contained wholly within the limitsof the water-tank, whereby the refrigerative effect of the cold water,as well as the direct contact of the ice with the roof of said chamber,is made available for the presy ervation of substances placed in saidchamber, and the whole vrefrigerator is compact, serviceable, andsatisfactory in its operation, and

rounded by the cool water, the deep-setting process of raising cream iscarried on in the refrigerator; and during said process milk may bedrawn through the faucet, or cream and skimmed milk, in desiredquantities and at desired times. Drinking-water and other liquids incans or bottles may also, if desired, be placed either directly in thecold water, or

in cans, or upon shelves arranged in the wate'rl compartment, for eitherpreservation or cooling.

To strengthen the walls, I employ, as shown more clearly in Figs. 2, 3,and 4, metallic frames I, which extend from the front Wall to the backwall of the casing, and are secured thereto by screws 27, passing fromthe [inside t-hrough the casting or frame into the walls.

For supporting the ice-shelf and other bot toni portion of thewater-compartment, I use metallic frames J, secured by screws j, passingthrough lugs j', formed on the frame,^and into the front and rear wallsof the casing. The frames I, in t-his instance, are, at their uppercorners, provided with proj eeting lugs i, which, when in operativeposition, enter sockets or notches j2 in the corners of the frame J, tofurther strengthen the structure. A hook or hooks, jz, may be providedin the casting for the suspension of articles within therefrigeratingchamber.

In Fig. l I have shown by dotted lines the disposition of the bottom ofthe water-tank, whereby an elevated ice-shelf and perpendicular wallsare formed, to constitute, together with the' bottom A of the case, thedry refrigerating-chamber contained within the boundaries of thewater-compartment.

Fig. 2, being a section exposing` the inside ofthe front oftherefrigerator as constructed for the storage of a larger quantity ofgoods, clearly shows the arrangement of the doors, whereby one doorserves to close the dry refrigerating-chainber which is contained withinthe capacity of the water-compartment, and also the space immediatelybelow said chamber, while a separate door is provided in the spaces atthe ends of the lower portion of the enlarged refrigerating-ehamber,so'that, by the provision of any suitable partitions in line with thewalls E', separated compartments are made, so that access to any onewill not permit the loss of cold air from the other.

In Fig. 1 no dooris shown for the dry refrig-v erating-cha-mber. Anysuitable door may be provided.

If the guards Fbe made of sheet metal, Iprovide apertures f for thepassage'of the water therethrough. The frame I is also provided withlateral brackets i, on which shelves K are supported.

I do not limit myself to the exact details of construction herein shown`but reserve my right to alter the same in such manner as will readilysuggest itself to any person skilled in the art of constructingrefrigerators.

Imay or may not use the dry refrigerating'- chamber, and in some casessuch construction is'preferable for the sake of saving space, and isperfectly practicable, so long as sufficient space intervenes betweenthe dischargefaucets G and h for theintroduction of suitablereceiving-vessels.

If desired, one of the walls E may be eX- tended to the top of the caseA, and thus produce a water-compartment having its ice-shelf and dryrefrigerating-chamber at onen side of the casing,and this whetherthelower enlarged refrigerating-chamber is employed or not; or the bottomof the water-compartment may he raised, as described, at more than oneplace, to produce more than one ice-shelf, which might be useful inlarger refrigerators.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim is l. Arefrigerator comprising an outer casing and a water-tight compartmentsecured thereto, and having a raised ice-shelf integral therewith,forming, in connection with vertical water-tight walls, a dryrefrigerating-eha-mber wholly within the general outline of thewater-compartment, substantially as specified.

2. 'lhe combination of the easing A andthe water-tight compartment C,secured thereto, and having a bottom, D, and vertical wall E', and ahorizontal wall, E, integral therewith, the latter serving as anice-shelf, and directly communicating with a compartment or comapartm'ents formed by the former, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of the easing, the water-chamber C, formed with thebottom D, vertical walls Ei, and horizontal shelf E, integral therewith,with guards or partitions F and a discharge-faucet, G, substantially asspecified.

4. Ihe combination of the casing A, the water-compartment C, having theVertical wall or walls E and horizontal wall or shelf E, with the frameI and frame J, substantially as specified.

5. The combination of the water-tank G, having vertical walls E, withthe frames I, having brackets i2, and with the shelves K, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FREDRICK XV. MOSELEY.

Vitnesses:

B. STOOKING, XV M. S. DUvALL. v

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